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Former
deputy Minister,
2 others in bribery net
Suraweera
Bribery sleuths on Thursday arrested former Deputy
Minister of Cultural Affairs and Director General of the
Central Cultural Fund A. V. Suraweera, Bandula Mandawela,
Director (Development) and T. M. J. Jude Thilan, Deputy
Director (Promotions) on a charge of bribery. The
suspects were alleged to have advanced a sum of Rs.
1,382,052 to a contractor who had undertaken
rehabilitation work at the Polonnaruwa Archaeological
Reserve, acting against the tender procedures.
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The Deyata Kirula Exhibition, now being held at the
BMICH, to mark the 60th Independence anniversary,
attracted a better crowd yesterday. The stall set up by
the Civil Defence Department sold the produce of the
people in border villages, who are threatened by the
LTTE. Visitors to this stall were served with ‘belimal’
drink by women members of the civil defence force
(Photo-Kamal Bogoda)
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Expat workers remitted US$ 2.8 mn last year –
Keheliya
 Minister
of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Keheliya
Rambukwella told Parliament yesterday (8) that Sri
Lankans employed abroad had remitted 2.8 million US
Dollars during the last year (2007).
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Farmer villages to produce more
milk
 KANDY:
With a view to raising the income of the local milk producer,
the Central Provincial Council has established twenty (20) 'Milk
Farmer Villages', Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake said. This project has boosted the production of fresh
milk enabling the farmer to enhance his income.
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Adult Influence on
Value-education and Personality Development among
Children
Probably at no time before in the history of
our country has there ever been exerted a more deleterious
effect on children’s value-education and personality development
by adults in every walk of life including the highest and the
lowest ranks of society than at the present time. This is a very
disconcerting observation that any responsible adult will make.
Negative though such a comment may essentially sound, we should
remember that the clear apprehension of a problem is the first
step towards its solution.
It has so happene
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Identities
Parvathi Solomons Arasanayagam’s collection of poems
‘Identities’ is a new voice of a new generation of Sri
Lankan writers in English. ‘Identities’ embodies a
search for self through the perception of the writer’s
life, her experiences, encounters, journeys and
relationships against the backdrop of historical,
political, social, personal, familial happenings.
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Good year
for all teas
Sri Lanka has had another good year of tea
prices not just for the unique range of Low Grown Orthodox teas
but for the High and Mid Grown Small leaf grades as well. The
latter standards sold well in a global market that had Kenya in
competition. Kenya boosted supply through a rapid and sharp
recovery in its production after the 2006 drought. Annual
production in 2007 would definitely be a record in excess of 365
Mnkg.
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Turnover and indices up as trading week closes
Seylan non-voting
shares take limelight in thin trading
The Colombo bourse closed the week yesterday
with both indices up on thin trading with turnover too up to
Rs.144.6 million from the previous day’s Rs.139.2 million with
some large parcels of non-voting shares of the Seylan Bank
dominating trading.The All Share Price Index gained 8.93 points
(0.36%) while the Milanka was up a marginal 1.83 points (0.06%)
in a day with some large parcels of Seylan X crossed.
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Sri
Lanka humbled at SCG
The rains kept away here at the Sydney Cricket
Ground and the Sri Lankans were given conditions in which they
could revel in and beat World champions, Australia. It was the
venue where they had won the last four of their five games here. But the Lankan batters came up with an
absolutely shocking performance, one of their worst with the
bat, in recent times and lost by 128 runs.
 A
trainer checks on Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan after he
was hit in the face while fielding a ball against Australia
at the Sydney Cricket Ground Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 during
their one day international cricket match.
(AP
Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Appu
Army formed in Australia
England has the Barmy Army, India, the
Bharat Army and Australia the Boonie Army, to cheer
their cricket teams. Now, Sri Lanka too has got its own cheering
squad.
And guess what the name is? It’s Appu
Army.
Initiated by Sri Lankan expatriate Lal Samuels,
a web designer by profession in Sydney, the Appu Army
was launched on Friday and there was a significant number as the
Sri Lankans were trying to cheer their team on as a group at the
Sydney Cricket Ground, during the One-Day International against
Australia.
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